“We focused on developing products that offer smarter protection against data-stealing threats, along with the smallest impact on computer resources. Customers will experience up to over 40 percent lower memory usage and nearly 50 percent faster boot-up time,” said Carol Carpenter, vice president of global marketing for the consumer business unit.

According to a press release accompanying the announcement, Trend Micro’s programs also “scan for suspicious links from email, Web sites, or instant messages. Spam blocking is also bolstered.”